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Record Nr.

UNINA9910822356603321

Autore

Apps Jerry <1934->

Titolo

In a pickle : a family farm story / / Jerry Apps

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Madison, Wis., : Terrace Books, c2007

ISBN

9786612270413

1-282-27041-9

0-299-22303-5

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (257 p.)

Disciplina

813/.6

Soggetti

Family farms - Wisconsin - Waushara County

Farm life - Wisconsin - Waushara County

Pickle industry - Wisconsin

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di contenuto

Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- 1 Pickle Patch -- 2 Birthday Party -- 3 Pickle Factory -- 4 First Cukes -- 5 Grist Mill -- 6 Pickle Factory Crew -- 7 Isaac and Jake -- 8 Migrant Pickers -- 9 Unloading -- 10 Long Days -- 11 Pickle Days -- 12 Cucumbers Keep Coming -- 13 School Closing -- 14 Salt Bin -- 15 George Roberts -- 16 Ames County Fair -- 17 Disaster -- 18 Love among the Pickle Vats -- 19 Missing Workers -- 20 Breaking News -- 21 Auction -- 22 Jake Stewart -- 23 Closing Down -- 24 What Next? -- 25 The Family Farm -- 26 Decision Time -- 27 Another Mystery -- 28 Remembering Jake -- 29 Funeral -- 30 H. H. Harlow -- 31 Mystery Solved -- 32 Barn Dance -- Author's Note.

Sommario/riassunto

The year is 1955. The H. H. Harlow Pickle Company has appeared in the small town of Link Lake, using heavy-handed tactics to force family farmers to either farm the Harlow way or lose their biggest customer--and, possibly, their land.